Kraken Strengthens Trading Services with Breakout Acquisition

Kraken has expanded its presence in advanced trading by acquiring Breakout, a young but fast-growing crypto-native proprietary trading ￰0￱ deal, completed on September 1, comes less than two years after Breakout was ￰1￱ move marks another step in the crypto exchange’s broader strategy to build a full trading ecosystem for professional ￰2￱ Opens Path for Traders to Prove Skills and Access Capital As announced , Breakout was designed to help traders prove their strategies and gain access to capital without putting up their own ￰3￱ completing an evaluation process, users can receive up to $100,000 in notional capital per account or up to $200,000 across multiple ￰4￱ who pass the assessment must respect strict drawdown limits, but they can keep as much as 90% of the profits they generate.

Reportedly, traders can get paid anytime, earning rewards directly for their ￰5￱ of needing large amounts of money, Breakout focuses on proof of ￰6￱ lets disciplined traders show how they manage risk and use strategies in real ￰7￱ gives talented traders without big resources a chance to grow and ￰8￱ Acquires Breakout to Boost Performance-Based Trading Breakout offers trading in over 50 cryptocurrency ￰9￱ can use up to five times leverage on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ￰10￱ platform was founded in 2023 by a group of well-known crypto traders and ￰11￱ quickly stood out by combining learning, trader evaluation, and access to real markets. Kraken, which is eyeing to go public in 2026 , plans to integrate Breakout into its Kraken Pro ￰12￱ is poised to give eligible users the ability to move seamlessly from learning to deploying capital at scale.

Breakout’s founders say the move from early Telegram discussions to a full acquisition by Kraken highlights the strong demand for performance-based ￰13￱ believe this journey reflects how quickly interest in such opportunities is ￰14￱ a recent X post, Breakout leadership said the idea started as a project led by the community. Now, it is ready to grow inside one of the world’s biggest ￰15￱ Industry Sees Big Wave of Mergers in 2025 The deal also shows the rise of mergers and acquisitions in crypto in ￰16￱ clearer rules under the Trump administration, exchanges and financial firms are joining forces and expanding their ￰17￱ this year, Kraken agreed to buy ￰18￱ futures platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 ￰19￱ company said it was the biggest deal yet between crypto and traditional ￰20￱ large deals also happened this ￰21￱ bought Deribit for $2.9 billion, Robinhood purchased Bitstamp for $200 million, and Ripple acquired Hidden Road for $1.25 ￰22￱ moves show that the crypto industry is growing fast and putting big money into building stronger systems for the future.